The ridiculous narrative-driven suit blames the oil industry for wildfires, toxic smoke, heat waves, and droughts, all of which were allegedly caused "back in the day" by the left's then-favorite term, "global warming." 

"Global warming" has since been replaced by the left with far more inclusive "climate change," thus allowing climate alarmists to toss bitter cold waves, monster snow storms, and bad-ass blizzards into the weather mix.

Anyway, at least eight states and dozens of municipalities have joined the groupspeak climate parade and filed lawsuits against oil companies for damages allegedly "suffered" as a result of "climate change."

While climate activists hail the ever-growing list of lawsuits against the energy industry, critics caution that the actions are a means by which to enact policies banning and restricting fossil fuels that wouldn't pass legislatures or ballot initiatives.

Critics also warn that if lawsuits are successful, the results will lead to increased energy costs for all Americans.

O.H. Skinner, executive director of the Alliance for Consumers, told Just The News:

They're basically attempting to bankrupt industries that they don't like to make them shut down.

Here's more:

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Vermont, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and the District of Columbia have also filed similar [to California] suits.

Multnomah County, Oregon, which includes Portland, is one of many local governments suing fossil fuel companies. The Oregon suit accuses the companies of causing damages suffered during a heat dome event, which the suit argues wouldn’t have happened were it not for the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

The county is seeking $51 billion for measures to improve healthcare services and infrastructure to protect the county from future weather events.

Many of these suits, Skinner said, exploit public nuisance laws, which are long-standing common law torts that seek to address local concerns and harmful conduct that impacts all members of a community.

Skinner also said the climate cases will be expensive to defend, and like all other corporate costs, the legal fees will be passed to consumers. Skinner also warned that increased costs will also impact thousands of products that are derived from petroleum. 

They’re trying to reshape the economy into the image they want using these legal theories, and the losers are everybody who wants to live their lives and buy the things they want to buy. That’s what this is all about. It’s about pushing progressive lifestyle choices on everybody.

Bingo. 

The Bottom Line

If we've learned anything from the left over the years, it's that they're no longer satisfied with the rest of us merely accepting their various narratives, life choices, and such. Instead, they're hellbent on forcing us to embrace their insanity.

Meanwhile, the rest of the world increasingly laughs at America — while China and Russia continue to search for ways to exploit our self-inflicted weaknesses. 

Feckless Joe Biden and the Democrat Party were unavailable for comment.